Ajit Doval and Mr Sullivan held a dialog days after PM Modi visited Russia (File)

Washington:

There isn’t any tangible proof of India deepening its army and expertise relationship with Russia, US Nationwide Safety Advisor Jake Sullivan has stated, asserting that Moscow, which has develop into a “junior accomplice” to China, will not be essentially going to be a “nice and dependable buddy” to India in a future contingency.

Mr Sullivan made remarks on the Aspen Safety Discussion board in Colorado whereas responding to questions concerning the latest go to of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Russia for bilateral talks with President Vladimir Putin.

“I feel the largest query is: Can we see tangible proof that India is deepening its army and expertise relationship with Russia? And I didn’t see tangible proof out of that go to that it was deepening; I did not see deliverables in that house,” Mr Sullivan stated.

“How involved had been you when Prime Minister Modi met President Putin, basically on the identical time that President Joe Biden was internet hosting the NATO leaders in Washington?” he was requested.

“Do not you suppose the bear hug was important then?” he was requested. “Nicely, Modi has a sure method, after all, of greeting world leaders. I’ve seen it up shut and private, truly,” Mr Sullivan stated.

The Biden Administration, he stated, by no means desires to see international locations that the US cares about, who’re its companions and buddies, present up in Moscow and hug Putin. “In fact, we do not. I am not going to sit down right here and inform folks in any other case,” he stated.

”However when it comes to our relationship with India, you already know, we see monumental alternatives in expertise, in economics, and within the statecraft and geopolitics of the broader Indo-Pacific area. And we wish to deepen that relationship as equals, as two sovereign international locations who even have relationships with different international locations. And India has a historic relationship with Russia that they don’t seem to be going to chop off,” Mr Sullivan stated.

“However we do imagine that we wish to proceed to have a deep dialogue with India concerning the specifics and the character of that relationship and whether or not it evolves, significantly, Demetri, as a result of Russia is getting nearer and nearer to China, and because the junior accomplice to China, will not be essentially going to be an excellent and dependable buddy to India in a future contingency or disaster.”

“That is not one thing India wants to listen to from Jake Sullivan, however it’s a truth on the earth. And it is one thing that we consider as we’ve got our strategic dialogue with India,” stated the US Nationwide Safety Advisor, who was in New Delhi final month and met Prime Minister Modi and his counterpart Ajit Doval.

Mr Ajit Doval and Mr Sullivan additionally held a phone dialog on July 12, days after PM Modi visited Russia.

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